Dear Juno, and anyone else who may find themselves in this situation,
My name is Katrina and I am a seventeen year old student at Foothill Tech. I want to start off by saying that I have so much respect for you for taking responsibility and also giving up the baby for adoption. I strongly believe you made the best choice for someone in your situation. You had a loving family who supported you and respected your decision of carrying the baby to term, but I think that you and Bleaker were not ready to raise a child.
There were three options you could have chosen; adoption, abortion, or keeping the child. In my opinion, abortion should only be done to a certain extent. To clarify, I lean more towards pro-life but I am pro-choice. I DO believe the “right” time to have an abortion is before the first trimester, in rare occurrences of birth defects, or complications that will either harm the mother. Although, I am not one to tell you whether you can or cannot get an abortion. I cannot place myself in someone else’s shoes and make their decision for them and neither can the government. Underneath the 14th Amendment, women have the right to privacy. They are able to make their own decision because it’s THEIR body.
Carrying your child to term was the best choice for you, and giving it up for adoption was an even better choice. I believe you and Bleaker were incapable of raising this child because you didn’t take any responsibility or think before you made this decision, hence the reason you’re pregnant. You didn’t at least think of using protection? Didn’t you know it could lead to pregnancy? If you were not able to take responsibility then, how would anyone expect you to take responsibility now?
But, I can say that I am very glad you decided to bring life into this world, pregnancy can be a beautiful thing, but when it’s the right time. Overall, it was the best decision for you and your child.
Dear Juno, and anyone else who may find themselves in this situation,
My name is Katrina and I am a seventeen year old student at Foothill Tech. I want to start off by saying that I have so much respect for you for taking responsibility and also giving up the baby for adoption. I strongly believe you made the best choice for someone in your situation. You had a loving family who supported you and respected your decision of carrying the baby to term, but I think that you and Bleaker were not ready to raise a child.
There were three options you could have chosen; adoption, abortion, or keeping the child. In my opinion, abortion should only be done to a certain extent. To clarify, I lean more towards pro-life but I am pro-choice. I DO believe the “right” time to have an abortion is before the first trimester, in rare occurrences of birth defects, or complications that will either harm the mother. Although, I am not one to tell you whether you can or cannot get an abortion. I cannot place myself in someone else’s shoes and make their decision for them and neither can the government. Underneath the 14th Amendment, women have the right to privacy. They are able to make their own decision because it’s THEIR body.
Carrying your child to term was the best choice for you, and giving it up for adoption was an even better choice. I believe you and Bleaker were incapable of raising this child because you didn’t take any responsibility or think before you made this decision, hence the reason you’re pregnant. You didn’t at least think of using protection? Didn’t you know it could lead to pregnancy? If you were not able to take responsibility then, how would anyone expect you to take responsibility now?
But, I can say that I am very glad you decided to bring life into this world, pregnancy can be a beautiful thing, but when it’s the right time. Overall, it was the best decision for you and your child.
Sincerely,
Katrina H